Good News For The Public: Bad News For Hollywood

It seems that the traditional easy plot piece of a villian cutting off someone's hand (or eyeball) to break into the super-top secret government installation is no longer viable.

Tech Dirt: Sony develops new sensor system to prevent using dismembered body parts for biometrics.

It's not just the writers I'm worried about here - it's the special effects and make-up artists that have me worried. What happens to that mad talented fellow who creates the not-so-realistic eyeball complete with the optic nerve and retinal blood vessels dangling? What about they guy known for making plastic hands with such detail that the fingernails look chewed?

Once again, technology puts human beings out of work. Down with the machines!